riot act

Noun

Meaning

a former English law requiring mobs to disperse after a magistrate reads the law to them

a vigorous reprimand

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Examples

I read him the riot act Source: Internet

Another paper reminded its readers that Bush had (unjustly) read the riot act to Pakistan, telling Pakistan that its relationship with the US was ‘unequal’. Source: Internet

I thought he was also going to read them the riot act but instead he said good-naturedly, “So you guys staying with me all day or what?” Source: Internet

The state PDP chairman, Chief Charles Babatunde Ezekwem, read the riot act while addressing party stakeholders in Owerri. Source: Internet

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